The Don Dunstan Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of the State Government of South Australia, the University of Adelaide and Flinders University

Governance

The Foundation has a group of Patrons and is governed by a Board of Trustees. Day to day management responsibility has been devolved to the Board of Management. The Foundation currently employs an Executive Director and a Business and Development Manager, as well as part-time administrative support.

• Patrons
• Trustees
• Board of Management

Governance documents

• Constitution  (pdf 46kB)
• Patrons Terms of Reference (pdf 22kB)

Patrons

• Dr Phillip Adams AO
• David Combe
• Mark Cully
• Andrew Dunstan
• The Hon Barry Jones AO
• The Hon Jane Lomax-Smith MP
• Greg Mackie OAM
• Carmel O'Loughlin

Former Patrons

• The late Jim Jarvis AM

Trustees

The Trustees hold the Trust Fund and the income of the Trust Fund as a public charitable trust in perpetuity upon the trusts and subject to the provisions set out in [the] Constitution [of the Don Dunstan Foundation]. Clause 2.1 of the Constitution of the Don Dunstan Foundation.

Current Trustees

• Hon Greg Crafter, Chair
• Bill Cossey AM 
• Bronwen Dohnt
• Professor Anne Edwards
• Professor James McWha

Former Trustees

• Jennie George
• Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue AC, CBE
• Professor Sue Richardson

Founding Trustees

• Phillip Adams AO
• Robyn Archer AO
• David Combe
• Hon Greg Crafter (Chair)
• Andrew Dunstan
• Tom Dunstan
• Hon Barry Jones AO
• Jennie George
• Dr Jane Lomax-Smith
• The late Hon Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO
• Professor Mary O'Kane
• Noel Pearson
• Emeritus Professor Hugh Stretton AO

Board of Management

Day to day management responsibility for the Foundation has been devolved to the Board of Management.

• Bill Cossey AM, Chair
• Bob Angove AM
• Professor Nick Harvey
  Executive Dean, Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
• George Lewkowicz
  Executive Director, Don Dunstan Foundation
• Warren McCann
  Chief Executive, Department of Premier & Cabinet
• Associate Professor Lionel Orchard
  Director, Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Flinders University
• Michele Slatter
  Senior Lecturer in Law, Flinders University
• Associate Professor John Spoehr
  Executive Director, Australian Institute for Social Research, University of Adelaide
• Professor Roger Thomas
  Director, Wilto Yerlo, Centre for Australian Indigenous Research & Studies, The University of Adelaide
• Margaret Wallace
  Director, Muirgen Nominees Pty Ltd
• Ms Gabriella Ramsay 
  Managers Services and Resources, ETSA

Executive Support:

• Debro Thaw
  Business and Development Manager, Don Dunstan Foundation